Comments on: Football: Training camp accesshttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/
Sun, 02 Aug 2015 16:09:35 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: Cal and Stanford football: The paranoia’s high, but will that translate to wins? | College Hotlinehttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/comment-page-1/#comment-22895
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:47:37 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/#comment-22895[…] Harbaugh’s policy is even more restrictive than the one enforced by Cal’s Jeff Tedford, whose practices were open to the media for seven years. Then, early last season, Tedford limited access to the first 20 minutes and the last 10 minutes. That same policy is being enforced this season. […]
]]>By: Danhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/comment-page-1/#comment-22300
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:49:17 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/#comment-22300Bah humbug Tedford.

Really pointless to close practices to the media and even fans. Mustang Man makes the point perfectly.

Your team doesn’t play in the quiet bubble that is your practice.

]]>By: Scotty Bearhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/comment-page-1/#comment-22299
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:36:44 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/#comment-22299Agree with Mustang Man. Closed practice had an inverse effect. We were exposed last year, period.
]]>By: Meep.http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/comment-page-1/#comment-22297
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:04:34 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/#comment-22297You know what really helped with the loss at S?. Poor QB/WR play. Riley would miss a wide open target, and then when he hit them, they would drop it. And they would always be potential huge plays, touchdowns, you name it. I swear to god, we were in the SC game much longer than we deserved to, probably due to a good defensive effort that was lacking in other some other games. That game was one of the most frustrating games I’ve ever watched.
]]>By: steeeevehttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/comment-page-1/#comment-22294
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:55:07 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/#comment-22294The only other coach in the Pac-10 that was so secretive was UW’s Coach Willingham… and he wound up 0-12 in his last year. Whether practice was open or closed, Cal still loses to $c and to Oregon by wiiiiide margins. I think a few closed practices are fine if you’re trying to do something particularly novel but otherwise open some up and allow some fans to see them too!
]]>By: rollonubearshttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/comment-page-1/#comment-22286
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:12:15 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/#comment-22286maybe he’s got them practicing naked.
]]>By: ScottyBearhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/comment-page-1/#comment-22281
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:24:30 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/#comment-22281gree with Mustang Man….We closed our practices and the entire conference seemed to know exactly what we were going to do. Reminds me of the old Roger Theder days when the entire student section knew what was coming…”Short side sweep…short side sweep”!
]]>By: Mustang Manhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/comment-page-1/#comment-22278
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:30:34 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/#comment-22278Closing practices sure did help with the Ore, SC, and the other games where Cal got their asses handed to them. Way to go Coach Paranoia.
]]>By: Bearshttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/comment-page-1/#comment-22276
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:07:59 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/#comment-22276Don’t care what media think of Cal and the way they are developing. Would love the media to get their questions answered after practice in the Q&A session.
Things like…
Are any players injured?
Question the new coaches about their impact?
Is special teams going to finally get it together?
As camp comes to a close who are the team leaders shaping up to be?
Is the team going to be able to send old Memorial out a winner?
Is the team inspired by the Championship won by the hoops team last year?
Other questions will arrise as camp commences.
Whether reporters see practice or not they can still get their questions answered and put out good stories.
Interview players, staff other than Tedford, Atheltic department staff. Get creative. That’s much more interesting to most fans than Kevin Riley looked like he had a great practice today. Oh, wait now today he regressed and looks bad. That stuff does not matter. What matters is how they play game after game this fall. Camp reports should be informative and entertaining not opinion about performance.
IMO
]]>By: runrunpasspunthttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/comment-page-1/#comment-22274
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:25:41 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2010/07/26/football-training-camp-access/#comment-22274The rest of the practice that you won’t see, the team will be perfecting the “down-the-line” screen.
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